Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately
numbered SECTION at the end to read:

/ SECTION __. Chapter 1,
Title 14 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 14-1-240.(A)
Notwithstanding a court rule or another provision of law,
a magistrate may not commence a trial or another proceeding, or
require an attorney to appear or be present in the court, on
Saturday, Sunday, or after five o'clock on a weekday except in
the case of an emergency.
(B) If a magistrate
determines an emergency exists and court must be held:
(1)
after five o'clock on a weekday, compensation for jurors
must be no less than one hundred dollars per day and court
personnel must be paid overtime; and
(2)
on the weekend, compensation for jurors must be no less
than one hundred fifty dollars per day and court personnel must
be paid overtime.
(C) The provisions of
subsection (A) do not apply to bond hearings." /